SCCM Contracts in the North West

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring SCCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SCCM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 98 77
Rank change year-on-year +16 -21 +24
Contract jobs citing SCCM 38 39 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.93% 1.42% 2.69%
As % of the Systems Management category 12.38% 13.31% 16.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 64
10th Percentile £163 £138 £200
25th Percentile £181 £164 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £415
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -46.99% +66.00%
75th Percentile £443 £262 £500
90th Percentile £495 £376 -
England median daily rate £350 £308 £353
% change year-on-year +13.82% -12.77% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 15
10th Percentile - £16.51 £13.97
25th Percentile - £17.02 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year - -20.93% +19.52%
75th Percentile - £18.51 £65.00
90th Percentile - £20.20 -
England median hourly rate £17.16 £22.30 £22.41
% change year-on-year -23.05% -0.49% +6.71%

All Systems Management Skills
North West

SCCM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 307 293 525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.60% 10.64% 16.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 217 377
10th Percentile £250 £231 £325
25th Percentile £382 £375 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £548 £584 £626
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 45
10th Percentile £45.45 £16.67 £16.85
25th Percentile £51.38 - £22.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £17.72 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +252.71% -40.93% +50.00%
75th Percentile £74.50 £58.44 £49.52
90th Percentile £80.95 £91.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.38 £27.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.46% -52.61% +167.44%

SCCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SCCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SCCM in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the North West.

Daily rate trend for SCCM in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCM in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SCCM in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCM in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for SCCM in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCM within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cumbria - 14 £545 - 1
Manchester +25 13 £200 -9.09% 16
Lancashire +7 5 - - 5
Merseyside -3 4 £288 +19.79% 3
Cheshire -18 2 £388 +93.75% 9
SCCM
England

SCCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.53%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.63%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (13.16%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.53%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) VPN
2 9 (23.68%) LAN
2 9 (23.68%) Skype
3 5 (13.16%) DHCP
3 5 (13.16%) DNS
4 4 (10.53%) Firewall
4 4 (10.53%) VLAN
4 4 (10.53%) WAN
4 4 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.63%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Manufacturing
2 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.26%) Banking
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Support Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 7 (18.42%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (18.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Desktop Support
3 5 (13.16%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) IT Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) IT Support
5 3 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) SCCM Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.26%) Fat Client
2 2 (5.26%) NHS
2 2 (5.26%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (73.68%) Windows
2 18 (47.37%) Windows 10
3 6 (15.79%) Windows 7
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (13.16%) Windows 8
4 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (13.16%) Windows XP
5 3 (7.89%) Android
5 3 (7.89%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.05%) Asset Management
3 7 (18.42%) ITIL
4 6 (15.79%) Application Packaging
4 6 (15.79%) Project Delivery
5 5 (13.16%) Application Security
5 5 (13.16%) Business Case
5 5 (13.16%) Disk Encryption
5 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 5 (13.16%) Mentoring
5 5 (13.16%) Proactive Maintenance
5 5 (13.16%) Technical Analysis
5 5 (13.16%) Time Management
5 5 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.53%) ITSM
6 4 (10.53%) Service Management
6 4 (10.53%) User Experience
7 3 (7.89%) Patch Management
7 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.16%) VB
2 5 (13.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (36.84%) SC Cleared
1 14 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (2.63%) MCP
4 1 (2.63%) MCSA
4 1 (2.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) NCSC
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (60.53%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (13.16%) BitLocker
4 2 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 24 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.79%) Tanium
2 6 (15.79%) VMware
3 5 (13.16%) Canon
3 5 (13.16%) Wyse
4 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.89%) Dell
5 3 (7.89%) HP
6 1 (2.63%) McAfee
6 1 (2.63%) Symantec